Ethnobotanical Plant Musa paradisiaca | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Name

Kan Chiao, Bananier, Figue, Banana, Shui Chiao, Moz, Chiao Yu, Banane Grosse Botte, Niu Ju Chiao, Tan P'Ing Chiao, Mei Jen Chiao, Ya Chiao, Pan Chiao, Chi Tzu Chiao, Bananeira De S Tome, Platano, Fo Shou Chiao, Horse Banana, Cambur, Banane Corne, Plantain, Rulo

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Sort descending	Country/Region	Reference
Abscess	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Ache(Head)	Panama(Cuna)	Duke, 1992 *
Alopecia(Female)	China	Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Anasarca	India(Santal)	Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne	India(Santal)	Duke, 1992 *
Antacid	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote(Centipede)	Samoa	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote(Spider)	Panama(Choco)	Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Arrow	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Astringent	Haiti	Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Astringent	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Astringent	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Astringent	Trinidad	Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Back	Samoa	Duke, 1992 *
Bactericide	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Bactericide	Trinidad	Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Bacteriostat	Trinidad	Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Bacteriostat	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *